South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-19

made on the ground that Ieilber .f
the bosts had been inspeoted BY Uni
tad States int pectcrs. The insp& ctor .
general Of steamboate. Jau.ss A. Du.
mont. VAS prcsrnt, aud The seixuso
wac made under his direction. The
forfeiture il $500, and The boais Vel .
allowed 10 return TO Toronto upon
kiv.Dg bonds 10 the amount of 81 600.
Tue yellvw.fever record ~ (, ' w ~ /,
Fla. now Glands ~ follow. Toial
casee. 1858; discharged cufej, LA,
sick now, 62; deaths. s..
Vim. Miller . young man from
Circihns VAS drowned while tisL.
ing Lear Oakland Mary land. -Dis-
pa chez ftom many points In Illinoie.
Wisconsin, Michigan. Iudisns, Iowa
and Minnesota Indicate that rsfresh.'
ing raiIs fell generally in the North.
west Friday night. giving fresh life
10 crops and aisiing the people in
checking the prairie and foreAt ores
which have been rsging. The rain
however, IL is said> WAS in most places
not heavy enough 10 do permanent
guod.-lhe White River Utes. un-
Ger Tue leadership Of chief Colorou,
are Ola the war path near M.eker Col.
oradc. -Mrs. Mars aret Charles, rel ct
Of Sasn'. Charles founder of the Cum
bs rland Civilian. di d In Cumberland
Thursday night Of last week In her
SD year.--Thore was fearful fro
ia Pittsburr, Pa, SATURDAY. 1t
broke cut in Masonic Hall, on Fifln
Avenue. Several magnificent nine
story buildings ard many less i'm
posing structures were burned and
The loss will amount to more than d
million dollars. The fire was caused
by cArci,ss smok, r, who threw u
match Will which he had lie his cigar
10 a wallpaper basket. The first
bale If new cotton Was received at
Charleston; :. c., on Friday, frCm M
Barnwoll county. Tie irsl tale last
year was received on tie came date
amt from the slme county. Holmes
X. Puryear was hanged at Prince
George Court H,use Virginia. for
the murder CT lis vile in 1885.
Willie preparations for the ex, cution
we're in progress lie attempted suic de
by cutting his throat and
arm with knife.-Six nlen were
killed and six more seriously il jured
by The burs ing Of water Tank on
the Northwestern railroad near Nor
way, Michigan. There was lively
chase after murd, rer near FtsLk-
lin. La, Saturday. Dan Pl.asants
nrgro killed his daughter and
then ran off. The inLabitaLts OF tho
neighborhood tarhed cut With al
sorts Of arms aud hunted him
around through tie cans fields Tor
several hours. Many shots
we're fired at him aud when caught Le
was bleeding from several wounds.
lie asked to be hung at once wb ich
reasonable request Was promptly
granted.
An excnrsion train On the Toledo
Peoria hnd W.slern Railroad was
wrec. cd by the bu.Ling Of bridge
near Forest, III at midnight Thurs.
Gay OF last week. O.e hundred and
eight. en- dea bodies were taken out
Of the wreck, and about fonr hundred
persons were wounded. The train
was bound for Niagara Falls, and
had $50 passengers On board. 1t is
thought that the bridge wss set On
hre by sparks from prairie fires, or
else by gang OF robbers. The lat.
ter theory is strengthen ed by tie fact
that numbers Il the victims wer.
robb, d OF their pocket books aud
other valuable, in some instances
shoes being AIKEN IF the IL ell Of PEI
-ons al II alive aud begging tIeir
p un !erers to save item. But, a.
no suspicious characters we're seen in
tile Deighborhood Of Forrest or Chats
worth beio.e the accident, |, is now
believed That the BRUCE WAS not
burned by inceLdisries, Iut hy
praires fires. Many persons who
lost relatives 10 Tie sccid,nt have
become insaue. The scenes ab, ut
the wreck weIe h.br -rending and
pi.ifui beyond description. Que
man, no was SO badly injured hat
be could have lived but lev mip'
utes anyhow, fad ng his wife and
child dead. CT ed Out :"Tbele i- hcti,-
ing non for me to live foi r. aDd
blew cut his brains with o revolver.
The stream over which the bridge
is built VAS dry, ard when the cars
caught fire tl Sc able To work had 10
exiinguish The flames by digging up
The hard, baked earth with tn, IT. fn
gers and throwing J.. en- the burning
aches. a toge tber, it Was tie most
Horrible affair OF th, kind ever Wit
mes ed in tue Unit, d States.
TIE President will leave Washing.
ton for lis SOU htrn and Western
trip about October l. Fred Hopt
was shot TO death for murder in the
yatd Of the penitentiary at SAT- Lake
Citv, Utah. lie VAS given lis choices
between hanging and shooting, and
said he preferred the after.
The aeronouts Malet and Joy
made an ascent from Paris 10 he ieht
e over 8 miles.
Mary IIaslsm, 10 years OF age. al
tempted suicide at Oakland by % king
laudanum.
* Judge josiah r.. Gordon. n
prom Dent cit Zen Of Cunt erlsnd, N. ..
dropped dead Saturday evening OF
apopleN Y a Ell ~.
Sa urday night the ives, bounJ